Indianapolis Zoo sees new fundraising success

12:13 AM,
Oct. 30, 2012

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indianapolis Zoo's drive to raise money for a new orangutan center is the latest success in recent years for the zoo's expansion projects.

Zoo officials have raised $25 million of the $30 million capital campaign goal for the facility that will feature an aerial gondola ride for visitors to see the eight orangutans, the Indianapolis Business Journal reported Monday (http://bit.ly/QLps7s ). That exhibit, which will have a 150-foot-tall spire as its centerpiece, is to open in 2014.

The zoo has raised $66 million since 1999 through capital campaigns beyond the $3 ...